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Head of Music

Walsall Academy, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 3LX

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• Start date details

  September 2024

• Closing date

  26 April 2024 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  15 April 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Head of department or curriculum
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Subject: Music
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Good, Depends upon Experience

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Lead by example showing clearly an understanding of the values of the Nolan Principles, ie selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership

• Ability to build and lead a team

• Have a clear vision for the Music Department and be able to share the vision effectively

• Determination to encourage the highest quality of learning experience for all students

• A commitment to equal opportunities

• Ability to establish good and productive working relationships

• Ability to communicate effectively with staff, students and parents • Ability to meet deadlines

• Able to empathise with young people and yet be firm, fair and consistent when dealing with them

• Excellent attendance and punctuality

• Enthusiasm, personal dynamism, resilience and stamina

• Sense of humour and perspective

• Ambition • Personal presence

What the school offers its staff

Ensures everyone feels safe and well cared for Encourages everyone to work hard alongside inspirational and supportive colleagues, within a supportive network of teams, aiming for mutually challenging goals Benefits from functioning in a building of which we are all proud and which provides staff and students with the facilities and resources needed to achieve their best Contributes to the wider community locally, nationally and internationally with a keen focus on environmental issues

Commitment to safeguarding

Walsall Academy is committed to safeguarding our students and all posts will require enhanced DBS check and standard pre-employment checks.

Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSiE) 2023, refers to the role of online searches as part of due diligence within the recruitment process. In response, all short-listed candidates will undergo an online search prior to interview.

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About Walsall Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1368 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Walsall Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: applications@walsallacademy.com
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/walsall-academy (opens in new tab)

Walsall Academy in Bloxwich, Walsall opened in September 2003. The student enrolment is 1390 with 1060 in the lower school and a further 330 students in the Sixth Form. The School is one of a number of City Academies established in England prior to the expansion of the Academies Programme in 2010 and was originally sponsored by The Mercers’ Company of the City of London and Thomas Telford School.

We are a founder school in the Thomas Telford Multi Academy Trust.

Arranging a visit to Walsall Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email applications@walsallacademy.com.

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